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Following the publication of the LCCG's first industry benchmark in the Low Carbon Concrete Routemap, it was recommended that the benchmark be updated annually, with a growing dataset, to improve the accuracy of how it represents concrete usage in the UK. Over the last 12 months, a sub-group of the LCCG - led by Helen McGarry (Design ID), Aneeta Mary Joseph (Mott MacDonald), Simon Perks (AtkinsRĂ©alis), and supported by Bruce Martin (Expedition Engineering)- has been gathering an updated dataset of UK concrete embodied carbon to develop the LCCG Market Benchmark 2025. The 2023, and 2024 versions of the LCCG Market Benchmark are available at the bottom of this page.
A Market Benchmark is dynamic and changes as the embodied carbon of concrete sold in the market evolves. Alternative static benchmarks are also published. The dynamic Market Benchmark is useful for assessing concrete against what has been specified and supplied in the market, while the static benchmarks are well suited for planning emissions reductions on the pathway to net zero. The relationship between the dynamic Market Benchmark and the static benchmarks is addressed in the Classification Methodology for Embodied Carbon, prepared by the LCCG and published by ConcreteZero in July 2024.
This guide presents the 2025 LCCG Market Benchmark update, based on data from the MPA covering around 56% of the ready-mixed concrete produced in the UK in 2024, supplemented by data from ConcreteZero.
MB_LCCGBenchmark_Sep25.pdfBenchmark Data
Benchmark Data
The data for the benchmark, including a tool to visualise your own data alongside the benchmark, is available below.
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